Business transformation and the pace of change continues to accelerate rapidly within organizations.
To address these dynamics, Enterprise Program Management (EPM) has evolved from a supporting function within companies to a core capability critical in aligning, prioritizing, managing and governing efforts.
Our EPM services focus on driving effective governance of strategic initiatives and delivery of programs and projects in a high quality and efficient manner.
We collaborate closely with our clients to understand their goals and drivers, offering portfolio, program, project, coaching and assessment analysis services.
Enterprise Program Management Vision
Select the RIGHT projects, execute them the RIGHT way, and create business results.
Enterprise Program Management Services
Here’s how we can help elevate your program and project management:
Portfolio Management
We strategically align project portfolios to streamline and socialize the annual planning cycles, balance resource needs across your organization, provide relevant measures and holistic dashboards, monitor progress of project and program investments. Our team also provides project portfolio analysis and screening, strategy alignment, organizational readiness assessments, and portfolio governance.
PMO Capability Development
We establish and optimize PMO capabilities to improve program and project delivery. We also provide a comprehensive assessment of current PMO capabilities, including organizational alignment, structure, value delivered, methodologies and tools; PMO strategy and operating model design; development and training on new PMO capabilities.
Project Leadership
We deepen project leadership and management across your organization by providing competency and skill assessments; project management training, coaching and mentoring; executive leadership engagement and alignment with organization and process best practices.
Project Delivery
We apply our project management and delivery expertise to lead or augment your most important projects. Our team includes high-caliber program and project managers with industry, business, and technology acumen who provide strong project execution to achieve results; project acceleration and recovery services; and release and deployment management.
Portfolio Management
Together, we work with our clients to establish effective project portfolio management processes and tools that ensure the focus remains on the right projects and aligns with the company’s strategic goals.
Our Portfolio Management services provide insight into the projects and resources in your portfolio – allowing stakeholders to assess progress across the organization. We help you find the right way to better execute your projects, confirm strategic alignment, and measure project value.
These are the organizational benefits:
- Ensure alignment with company strategy and priorities
- Provide quick, yet consistent method for evaluating project value
- Quantify the decision with numeric rankings
- Take some of the emotion and bias out of the process
- Facilitate consensus more quickly
- Establish a platform for important conversations
- Curb “squeaky wheel” selection
- Increase confidence across organization
- Adaptable (can quickly reflect changing priorities)
PMO Capability Development
Enterprise program management (EPM) capabilities elevate the project management office (PMO) by providing true value in line with the overall corporate strategy.
There is no one-size-fits-all when creating or optimizing a PMO. We work together to understand your unique needs, outline the benefits of an EPM and PMO within your organization, and define the current state of maturity and effectiveness. Then we establish a vision and future-state operating model for the EPM and PMO based on what is appropriate for your organization.
Our comprehensive methodology and supporting toolkits rapidly improve your EPM with a focus on building internal capabilities to continually improve the function.
Project Leadership
From setting a clear vision to fostering the right culture and supporting leadership talent, discover the facets involved with strengthening project leadership and management across your organization.
Strong project managers are adaptive leaders with the following hard and soft skills:
Our team brings all these skills and more to organizations. We apply deep knowledge in project management methods, an in-depth understanding of business strategies and goals, and strong emotional intelligence to quickly assess and adapt to changing circumstances.
Project Delivery and Recovery
Successfully executing projects or getting projects back on track begins with the right people. We have invested significantly in developing high quality, seasoned resources that assimilate seamlessly into your culture and organization. We offer experts who can assess core issues, realign expectations and priorities, restructure project efforts, and drive the project to completion.
When working with our project and program managers, you can expect them to:
- Provide independent view to advance difficult projects
- Foster collaborative relationships with your team to apply consistent project management practices while adhering to your culture
- Apply vast experience to risk identification and mitigation planning
- Provide specialized expertise to guide team members on appropriate corrective action, when needed
- Practice open communication to align expectations and keep information flowing throughout the project
- Review project history and make recommendations for improved execution by coaching and mentoring the team
- Lead with executive presence
Business does not happen in a vacuum.
Technology and digital innovations are spurring business transformation, and growing requires adapting to new services – or creating your own. We have the experience and expertise to help you do both.
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